Buckwheat with beef

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to stew buckwheat with beef? Very simple. First, prepare the necessary ingredients. In addition to beef, you can use any meat: pork, lamb. Chicken or turkey will also work. You can add or replace the vegetable part to your liking.

2. STEP 2

   

   Sort the buckwheat, rinse thoroughly until the water is clear and dry. To do this, it is better to place the cereal on a sieve and let all the water drain. Buckwheat can be replaced with any other grain of your choice. In this case, the cooking time may change in one direction or another. Do not forget that some cereals (for example, pearl barley) require pre-soaking.

3. STEP 3

   

   Wash the meat, dry and cut into small pieces. The meat is required without bones, only pulp. The pork must be thoroughly dried with paper towels, otherwise the excess moisture will prevent it from frying - it will stew.

4. STEP 4

   

   Peel the carrots and cut into strips.

5. STEP 5

   

   Peel the onion and cut into cubes or half rings, as you like. If you or your children don't like onions, you can omit them altogether or replace them with another vegetable, such as bell pepper.

6. STEP 6

   

   Heat the vegetable oil in a cauldron or deep frying pan over high heat. Place the meat and fry, stirring, for 10-15 minutes until half cooked.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add onions, carrots, tomato sauce, spices to the cauldron and stir. Simmer everything together over medium heat for about 10 minutes. You can replace the tomato sauce with tomato paste or ketchup.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add buckwheat and smooth it out. There is no need to mix it with meat.

9. STEP 9

   

   Pour in hot water or broth so that it rises 3-4 cm above the buckwheat. Bring the water to a boil.

10. STEP 10

    

    Simmer over low heat, covered, until done, 25-30 minutes. If necessary, add a little more hot water. At the end, stir the porridge.

11. STEP 11

    

    Divide the prepared buckwheat with beef into plates and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

01.10.2023

4.5

Today I cooked buckwheat with meat for lunch, or as my daughter calls it “brown pilaf”). I used a recipe for buckwheat with beef as a basis. I had pork, I think it's acceptable. Children don’t like large cuts of vegetables, so I chopped everything traditionally: onions into cubes, carrots on a coarse grater. I didn’t need to fry the meat too much; I added it to the pan after the vegetables. By the way, the pieces of pork were nicely browned in the end. I usually take buckwheat and water in a ratio of 1/2. But this time the “extra” glass of water was just right. Thanks to this, the buckwheat and meat turned out not dry, but very juicy. In addition, the buckwheat was saturated with vegetable juices and tomatoes. And the spices turned an ordinary set of products into a fragrant and piquant dish! Thanks for the recipe!